Potato-bug catcher.



G. L. EMERY.

POTATO BUG' GATGHER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1908.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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'fjusted position. Foot rests 62 wardly from the curved bar28.

The operation of my invention may be briefly. described as follows :-'-The catchers 33 may be raised and lowered by means of the lever 47, and the catchers may be adjusted toward and from each'other and at project rearthe required angle by means of the'connectang rods 51, the cross bar 52 and the levers 50. The lever G'may be Operated to throw the beater into and out of operation. The driver sitting in the seat 12 drives the implement over a row of potatoes. The blades 31 knock the bugs off the vines'into the catch ers 33, and the bugs -are prevented from escaping by means of the overhanging flanges 39. In conveying the implement from the barn to the field the beater is thrown out of operation by means of the level. 6.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that 'my potato bug catcher is of simple construclarityof said catchers, means for raising and v lowering said catchers, and means for retating said beater.

2. A potato bug catcher comprisinga frame, an arched axle, wheels mounted on said axle, an arched bar, a vertical shaftmounted in said bar, a heater provided with radial blades connected to said shaft, a telescopic shaft mounted horizontally on said frame and provided with pinions,. one at each end, means for rotating said shaft, a

beveled gear on said vertical shaft, said gear engaging one of the pinions on .the telescopic shaft, catcher receptacles disposed underneath the blades of said heater, means for raising and lowering said catcher receptacles, and means for adjusting said receptacles toward and from each other.

3. In a device 'of the character described, a catcher comprising a sheet metal receptacle having an extended back portion, an end member extending from said back to the body portion of said catcher, said body por-' tion and back having inwardly bent marginal flanges thereon, and a supporting shaft connected to said catcher, said supporting shaft having flattened divergent lower ends secured inside said catcher, the front wall of said catcher being curved.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE LORANEMERY.

Witnesses: a I W. J. BULOw, B. R. F om'ms. 

